Comments for Women's National Book Association San Francisco Chapter http://wnba-sfchapter.org Bringing, Writers, Authors, Book Lovers and Book Professionals Together Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:03:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on WNBA-SF Meet-the-Agents/Pubishers March 24, 9:00 a.m. Sinbad’s Restaurant, Pier 2 Embarcadero, San Francisco by Speed Agenting: Pitching My Novel @ The Not-So-Secret Diary of a Bad Luck Girl http://wnba-sfchapter.org/meet-the-agents-2012/#comment-22370 Speed Agenting: Pitching My Novel @ The Not-So-Secret Diary of a Bad Luck Girl Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:03:28 +0000 http://wnba-sfchapter.org/blog/?page_id=186#comment-22370 [...] weekend I attended this meet-the-agent event, in which we got to spend five minutes pitching our books to an agent, before a gong sounded and we [...] [...] weekend I attended this meet-the-agent event, in which we got to spend five minutes pitching our books to an agent, before a gong sounded and we [...]

]]> Comment on What to do after pitching to agents and acquisition editors? by Cathy Robbins http://wnba-sfchapter.org/what-to-do-after-pitching-to-agents-and-acquisition-editors/#comment-22368 Cathy Robbins Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:09:08 +0000 http://wnba-sfchapter.org/?p=1697#comment-22368 Thanks so much for the wonderful Meet-the-Agents event. Rob and I both got so much out of it. I was able to thank some of you personally but didn't get to everyone. So thanks again for your hard work. Thanks so much for the wonderful Meet-the-Agents event. Rob and I both got so much out of it. I was able to thank some of you personally but didn’t get to everyone. So thanks again for your hard work.

]]> Comment on What to do after pitching to agents and acquisition editors? by angela http://wnba-sfchapter.org/what-to-do-after-pitching-to-agents-and-acquisition-editors/#comment-22355 angela Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:09:19 +0000 http://wnba-sfchapter.org/?p=1697#comment-22355 This was a great event! Loved the chance to practice my pitch. Plus the feedback was so helpful. Another great book is Making the Perfect Pitch by Katharine Sands. This was a great event! Loved the chance to practice my pitch. Plus the feedback was so helpful.

Another great book is Making the Perfect Pitch by Katharine Sands.

]]> Comment on WNBA-SF Meet-the-Agents/Pubishers March 24, 9:00 a.m. Sinbad’s Restaurant, Pier 2 Embarcadero, San Francisco by March 2012 Year of the Memoir Newsletter | National Association of Memoir Writers, NAMW http://wnba-sfchapter.org/meet-the-agents-2012/#comment-21981 March 2012 Year of the Memoir Newsletter | National Association of Memoir Writers, NAMW Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:35:45 +0000 http://wnba-sfchapter.org/blog/?page_id=186#comment-21981 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> Comment on March 1, 2012 Mentor & Author Mary E. Knippel Helps Writers “Ready Your Pitch for WNBA-SF Meet The Agents Event” by admin http://wnba-sfchapter.org/march-1-2012-mentor-author-mary-e-knippel-helps-writers-ready-your-pitch-for-wnba-sf-meet-the-agents-event/#comment-21854 admin Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:06:41 +0000 http://wnba-sfchapter.org/?p=1642#comment-21854 Mentor Mary E. Knippel, Thank you so much for reminding us to not only refine our pitches but also allocate time to receive agent's or acquisition editor's feedback. At the March 24, 2012 event, each round is only 3 minutes; your advice (about spending one minute pitching and leaving 2 minutes for listening) is golden! Sincerely, Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW http://writingcoachteresa.com Mentor Mary E. Knippel,

Thank you so much for reminding us to not only refine our pitches but also allocate time to receive agent’s or acquisition editor’s feedback. At the March 24, 2012 event, each round is only 3 minutes; your advice (about spending one minute pitching and leaving 2 minutes for listening) is golden!

Sincerely,
Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan

author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW
http://writingcoachteresa.com

]]> Comment on Authors Exchange Solutions at WNBA-SF Chapter Meetings at SFPL by Cathy Robbins http://wnba-sfchapter.org/authors-exchanged-solutions-at-wnba-sf-chapter-meeting-at-sfpl/#comment-19655 Cathy Robbins Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:54:53 +0000 http://wnba-sfchapter.org/?p=1296#comment-19655 I walked away with some new energy, which I needed! I walked away with some new energy, which I needed!

]]> Comment on Authors Exchange Solutions at WNBA-SF Chapter Meetings at SFPL by shulamit sofia http://wnba-sfchapter.org/authors-exchanged-solutions-at-wnba-sf-chapter-meeting-at-sfpl/#comment-19651 shulamit sofia Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:55:18 +0000 http://wnba-sfchapter.org/?p=1296#comment-19651 Teresa, it was a GR8 meeting. We stayed on course thanks to your skillful facilitation. It helped to have so many serious sincere writers with experience sharing their successes and frustrations. I got a lot out of our being together. Definitely will explore leads on self publishing people discussed and look forward to the next meeting. Thank you and WNBA for putting this group together. Teresa, it was a GR8 meeting. We stayed on course thanks to your skillful facilitation. It helped to have so many serious sincere writers with experience sharing their successes and frustrations. I got a lot out of our being together. Definitely will explore leads on self publishing people discussed and look forward to the next meeting. Thank you and WNBA for putting this group together.

]]> Comment on Authors Exchange Solutions at WNBA-SF Chapter Meetings at SFPL by Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan http://wnba-sfchapter.org/authors-exchanged-solutions-at-wnba-sf-chapter-meeting-at-sfpl/#comment-19629 Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:23:01 +0000 http://wnba-sfchapter.org/?p=1296#comment-19629 The gems I walked away with? Being with friends/colleagues Mary E. Knippel, Birgit Soyka, Jane Glendinning, Matilde Schmidt, Shulamit Sofia; hearing Fred Glynn, Catherine C. Robbins, Rob Robbins Laura Bean & Mary French talk about their books/projects. My wish is for these hard-working writers to make their names synonymous with the themes/subject matters/issues they write about in their fiction or nonfiction. Building one's name is building one's platform (to attract readers, agents, publishers, media attention before and after publication). You can sneak preview the 2 exercises for Day 1 of my workbook Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days on Amazon. Also please visit my website for more resources http://www.WritingCoachTeresa.com See you next month January 5, 2012 6:00-7:30pm at SFPL for another WNBA meeting OR January 8, 2012 2:30-5:00pm at California Writers Club—Redwood Branch in Santa Rosa-- networking; general meeting; then interactive presentation “Writing-Career-Make-Over with Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan” http://www.WritingCoachTeresa.com OR Sunday, Jan. 29, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m when Mary E. Knippel, founder of Your Writing Mentor presents "Create Your Success Story from the Inside Out" for WNBA in Half Moon Bay. http://wnba-sfchapter.org/create-your-success-story/ "Reach out, not stress out, when pursuing your dreams!" Happy Holidays from Coach Teresa! The gems I walked away with? Being with friends/colleagues Mary E. Knippel, Birgit Soyka, Jane Glendinning, Matilde Schmidt, Shulamit Sofia; hearing Fred Glynn, Catherine C. Robbins, Rob Robbins Laura Bean & Mary French talk about their books/projects. My wish is for these hard-working writers to make their names synonymous with the themes/subject matters/issues they write about in their fiction or nonfiction.

Building one’s name is building one’s platform (to attract readers, agents, publishers, media attention before and after publication). You can sneak preview the 2 exercises for Day 1 of my workbook Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days on Amazon. Also please visit my website for more resources http://www.WritingCoachTeresa.com

See you next month January 5, 2012 6:00-7:30pm at SFPL for another WNBA meeting
OR
January 8, 2012 2:30-5:00pm at California Writers Club—Redwood Branch in Santa Rosa– networking; general meeting; then interactive presentation “Writing-Career-Make-Over with Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan” http://www.WritingCoachTeresa.com
OR
Sunday, Jan. 29, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m when Mary E. Knippel, founder of Your Writing Mentor presents “Create Your Success Story from the Inside Out” for WNBA in Half Moon Bay. http://wnba-sfchapter.org/create-your-success-story/

“Reach out, not stress out, when pursuing your dreams!”
Happy Holidays from Coach Teresa!

]]> Comment on December 1, 2011, 6:00-7:30pm Women’s National Book Association-San Francisco Chapter by Cathy Robbins http://wnba-sfchapter.org/december-1-2011-600-730pm-womens-national-book-association-san-francisco-chapter/#comment-18560 Cathy Robbins Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:59:30 +0000 http://wnba-sfchapter.org/?p=1232#comment-18560 Look forward to the December meeting. My husband Rob will probably come along, and he is a prospective member. Look forward to the December meeting. My husband Rob will probably come along, and he is a prospective member.

]]> Comment on Interview with Author Thad Nodine, NRGM Featured Author by Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan http://wnba-sfchapter.org/interview-with-author-thad-nodine-nrgm-featured-author/#comment-16455 Writing Career Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:35:06 +0000 http://wnba-sfchapter.org/?p=1162#comment-16455 Thad Nodine says his narrator is a young blind man – wow – I look forward to reading from this particular POV. Interesting to hear from the author that his unusual narrator took over the story and taught him (author) a few things. Linda Joy Myers praises Thad on using clever techniques in writing scenes. Powerful themes: multi-cultures and love; natural disaster; vision/blindness; journey with and for family. Cheers from Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan, author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW Thad Nodine says his narrator is a young blind man – wow – I look forward to reading from this particular POV. Interesting to hear from the author that his unusual narrator took over the story and taught him (author) a few things. Linda Joy Myers praises Thad on using clever techniques in writing scenes. Powerful themes: multi-cultures and love; natural disaster; vision/blindness; journey with and for family. Cheers from Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan, author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW

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